Rabbinical Ordination from Rabbi Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer - For Rabbi Shmuel Teitelbaum of Volovo - Selish, 1924

Rabbinical Ordination from Rabbi Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer - For Rabbi Shmuel Teitelbaum of Volovo - Selish, 1924
Letter handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer Rabbi of Selish (later rabbi of Kraków). Selish (Vynohradiv), Iyar 1924. Certificate of rabbinical ordination for the student Shmuel Teitelbaum son of R. Aharon Teitelbaum Rabbi of Volovo (Mizhhirya): "I concur with other rabbis to ordain him to serve as rabbi after his marriage, after he builds his home, and may the merit of his holy ancestors guide him on the path of perpetual growth, and may no error be caused by him, and may he succeed in all his endeavors, to lead G-d's nation in tranquility, and to bring merit the public in Torah and fear of G-d…". R. Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer (1880-1933), born in Kraków to the rabbi of the town, R. Akiva Kornitzer (grandson of the Chatam Sofer) who was the son-in-law and successor of R. Shimon Sofer Rabbi of Kraków. In 1901, he married the daughter of R. Pinchas Chaim Klein Rabbi of Selish, and was appointed dean of the yeshiva there. Over the years, he became the deputy rabbi of Selish, and after his father-in-law's passing, he succeeded him as rabbi of the city. In 1925, he went to serve as rabbi of Kraków, succeeding his father and grandfather. His novellae and responsa were published in Bnei Brak by his son-in-law R. Shabtai Frankel (publisher of the renowned Rambam Frankel edition). Recipient of the ordination: R. Shmuel Teitelbaum (perished in the Holocaust, 1944, Otzar HaRabbanim 19190), disciple of R. Yoel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Satmar. Son of R. Aharon Rabbi of Volovo, and grandson of R. Yaakov Yisrael Yukel Teitelbaum Rabbi of Volovo, son-in-law of the Yitav Lev. He served from 1932 as rabbi of Nigresht (Negrești-Oaș), after his marriage with the daughter of R. Yoel Rabbi of Ardud, author of Tirat Kesef. See Eleh Ezkera, V, pp. 256-261. [1] leaf, official stationery. 22 cm. 18 autograph lines and signature. Good condition.